Legislative Update Assembly passes legislation to support New Yorkers with disabilities This week the Assembly passed legislation to help improve the quality of life for New Yorkers with disabilities in honor of this year’s Legislative Disabilities...

Senate’s Local Government Committee, and Assemblymember John T. McDonald III (108th Assembly District), today announced that they have introduced bi-partisan legislation to aid those who have been injured by chemical contamination linked to superfund...

Albany, N.Y. — Assemblymember John T. McDonald III had the honor of attending a tour of Albany’s Tech Valley High School. TVHS was launched in 2007, and was designed to be a four-year, regional high school program, that focuses mainly on project-based...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Assemblymember John T. McDonald III had the privilege of attending the grand re-opening of Mokhiber’s Wine and Liquors. Mokhiber’s Wine and Liquors opened in 1945, when Lebanese immigrant Edward Mokhiber, Sr. returned from World War...

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ALBANY, N.Y. – Senator Neil D. Breslin and Assemblymember John T. McDonald III welcomed members of the La Federation Franco Americaine du New York to the State Capitol in recogintion of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day. The members of la Federation were...

Albany, NY – After winning the program’s first Skyline Conference Championship and earning an NCAA Division III Championship berth, the members of the 2014-2015 Sage Men’s Basketball team and the coaching staff will be honored by the New York State...

Albany, N.Y. — Residents of the Tech Valley will now be able to turn to their smartphones for assistance with details on hard to find local events, locating regional nutritional safety net resources, information on local job opportunities, assistance...

Albany, N.Y. – Assemblymembers John T. McDonald III (D-Cohoes) and Patricia A. Fahy (D-Albany) announced their support of a recently introduced bill that they are co-sponsoring in the New York State Assembly. The legislation (A.7303-A) provides more...

Albany, N.Y. – Assemblymembers John T. McDonald III and Linda B. Rosenthal had the privilege of welcoming delegates from Germany to the State Capitol. The delegates were visiting Albany as part of a program with the International Center of the Capital...

Rensselaer, NY – On April 13, 2015, Assemblymember John T. McDonald III and Assemblymember Steven McLaughlin, along with several other elected officials, honored the late Charles Wilfred Straub for his service to his country. Straub, born in 1954 in...

Albany, N.Y. – Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today announced that the 2015-2016 SFY Budget includes $200 million for the NYS Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2015 to assist municipalities in funding water quality infrastructure projects. The...

Albany, N.Y. – Assemblymember John T. McDonald III and the International Center of the Capital Region had the privilege of welcoming delegates from Georgia, a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, to the State Capitol. The visit was to focus on...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Reverend Dr. Damone Johnson, the Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan New Testament Mission Baptist Church of Albany, provided the invocation for the opening of session on Monday, January 12, 2015 in the Assembly Chambers. Pastor Johnson...

On January 5, 2015, Assemblymember John T. McDonald III, along with several other elected officials, honored the late Joseph Persico for his service to his country. Presico, born in 1930 in Gloversville, New York was an author who began his service with...

Albany, N.Y. – Assemblymember John T. McDonald III and members of the Capital Region Legislative Delegation, were sworn into office on December 29, 2014 in the Assembly Chambers before family, friends and colleagues. Assemblymember McDonald was sworn...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Assemblymember John T. McDonald III and the International Center of the Capital Region welcomed international visitors from the Republic of Kosovo to the Assembly Chambers as part of the Open World Leadership Program. The delegation consisted...

The recent dangers exposed by incidents involving crude oil transportation have been at the top of the agendas of Capital Region Assemblymembers Patricia Fahy (D-Albany), John T. McDonald III (D-Cohoes), and Phil Steck (D-Colonie). Today, they announced...